Freedom degenerates unless it has to struggle in its own defense.
Tag: Lord Acton
Secrecy
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
Power corrupts
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.